Finds-The-Way Playthrough

Finds-The-Way
Finds-The-Way in Riverwood
Playthrough Info
Game Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Race Argonian
Playthrough Dates 7/8/2023-8/23/2024
Platform PC, Steam Deck
Language German
Difficulty Adept

This is the page for my ninth Skyrim playthrough, for the Argonian character Finds-The-Way, who was a thief and assassin.

I began this playthrough on 7/8/2023, as part of verifying whether my base Skyrim game was still okay after a disastrous attempt to recover Harrowhark’s playthrough. But I went ahead and decided to play her, with a few goals in mind:

  1. Running with no mods whatsoever, just so I could have Achievements–not a thing I’ve been able to do before
  2. Playing in German!
  3. Running the Thieves Guild again
  4. Playing the Dark Brotherhood, finally

Finds’ playthrough concluded on 8/23/2024. Her posts are not yet done, though, and I’ll be working on getting those caught up, since she did have a complete playthrough. Until then, her playthrough will remain in the Current section of the Skyrim playthroughs on the site.

Like Ysani before her, Finds is named (indirectly) after my character Wayfound from my days on Two Moons MUSH.

Finds-The-Way’s Backstory

Very rough idea for Finds’ backstory is that she’s marsh-born, from a very remote tribe that hasn’t had a Shadowscale born to them in a very long time. But she was born under the sign of the Shadow, and her tribe’s Hist realized she would have to go to Skyrim to find the Dark Brotherhood to receive training there.

As a cover story, she also cheerfully claimed to have relatives working at the Riften docks. Who most likely conveniently “died” the first time a dragon strafed the place in her run!

Playthrough Posts

Here are all the posts about Finds-The-Way’s playthrough! These are dynamically updated, so a new post should appear here when it goes up. They’re listed in descending date order, so the newest posts should always appear first. Also, note the pagination controls after the first five posts. You can page through to see the older ones.

  • In Which Finds-The-Way Slays an Undead General - 02/10/2025
    In which Finds-The-Way hires a Dunmer mercenary to watch her back on Solstheim; kills ash spawn for Captain Veleth at Old Attius Farm; slays the undead General Falx Carius at Fort Frostmoth; and agrees to do some spying on behalf of Adril Arano, who suspects assassins are targeting Councilor Morvayn.
  • In Which Finds-The-Way Goes to Solstheim - 01/30/2025
    In which Finds-The-Way discovers a Word of Power in Shriekwind Bastion; helps Viriya get set up as a merchant in Riften; travels to Solstheim in search of clues about Miraak; recovers an Ancient Nord Pickaxe; and helps Crescius Caerellius prove how his great-grandfather died in Bloodskal Barrow.
  • In Which Finds-The-Way Slays Harkon and Also a Bunch of Mudcrabs - 01/24/2025
    In which Finds-The-Way slays Harkon at Castle Volkihar; returns to the Soul Cairn to tell Valerica she can come home; takes rare fish to Swims-In-Deep-Water; recovers artifacts from the Forgotten Vale and Bronze Water Cave; fights off an attack of frenzied mudcrabs in Dawnstar; and helps Viriya build a merchant stall in Riften.
  • In Which Finds-the-Way Acquires Auriel’s Bow - 01/10/2025
    In which Finds-The-Way quests through the Forgotten Vale with Serana; slays the dragons Naaslaarum and Voslaarum; finds and slays Arch-Curate Vyrthur; and claims Auriel's Bow.
  • In Which Finds-The-Way Goes Hunting for Auriel’s Bow - 12/26/2024
    In which Finds-The-Way and the vampire Serana discover the location of Auriel's Bow in Ancestor Glade; slay attacking Volkihar vampires there; meet Knight-Paladin Gelebor and get his request to kill his brother; and quest through Darkfall Passage to reach the entrance to the Forgotten Vale.